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25.01.2022 NEW DATE Civic Tech: Tech for Social Impact: 8th of April, 5:30-7pm (AEDT) As promised, we re-designed the event and it now will run virtually. Prepare yourself for an engaging and interactive event with room for participation! Click to Register... #civictech #civicinnovation #socialimpact #virtualevent #virtualparticipation #digitalengagement
24.01.2022 Leila Alem is an expert in businesses transformation for the digital future. She creates new ways of working, collaborating, learning and engaging. Leila will be joining us tomorrow at #CivicTech: Tech for Social Impact to share her experience in development of #ReMoTe Mobile Tele-assistance! A great technology by CSIRO which connects remote experts with on-site operators. Get your ticket today and meet the great lineup of speakers and civic tech founders: https://events.h...umanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civicinnovation #communityengagement #socialimpact #virtualevent #csiro #remoteassistance #leilaalem shorturl.at/vBJN1
24.01.2022 Our supportive and dedicated partners are making the Civic Tech event possible. UTS: University of Technology Sydney and Engage2 - Australia share our vision of empowering people-led change. Get involved: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation
23.01.2022 Join Collaboration for Impact June 4th at the webinar on 'Collaboration in changing times'!
23.01.2022 [Mindset Exercise] Our board member, Ross Dawson is encouraging everyone to imagine a global economy that is 'optimized not around maximizing return on capital, but on maximizing everyone’s unique abilities to #contribute, and rewarding them for their contributions.' Do you think it's possible that most of us discover and express talents that we never knew we had? Full read: https://rossdawson.com//imagine-global-economy-optimized-u... #globaleconomy #socialimpact #community #contributions
22.01.2022 Thinking of everyone at #Changefest this week. Especially the Collaboration for Impact team and CCI board member Kerry Graham. Wish we could have been there to discuss #collaboration #civicinnovation #activecitizenship and #socialimpact with you all. Looking forward to hearing how it goes!... https://changefest.com.au/
21.01.2022 #StartingGood Virtual Summit 2020 is around the corner - May 11. Powered by StartSomeGood.com, is an annual free-to-access virtual summit that will help you start good in your corner of the world! 30+ world-renowned #socialentrepreneurs, #changemakers, and #innovation leaders connect to talk about creating a lasting positive impact in the world. Register today: https://www.starting.gd/
19.01.2022 Join Collaboration for Impact June 4th at the webinar on Collaboration in changing times!
18.01.2022 Amelia Loye is a social scientist specialising in community and stakeholder #engagement. She is passionate about representative #opengovernment, sustainable development and #civicinnovation and does all she can to enable it. Get involved and register here: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech
18.01.2022 Process storytelling is a powerful way to help governments and organisations be more open and effective, provide a shared understanding, and make transparency and public participation easier. Mel Flanagan from Nook Studios will be joining us to share the Process Map tool for government. https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation #communityengagement #socialimpact #virtualevent #processmap #melflanagan #nookstudios #storytelling... https://nookstudios.com/process-stories
17.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who attended our #CivicTech event yesterday We are pretty happy with how it went and did our best to adapt to all the changes to zoom. Thanks for your patience, especially those of you who had technical difficulties. Please let us know if you feel like you missed anything. We are now documenting our lessons learned, gathering answers to questions so that we can share them on our blog https://www.centrecivicinnovation.org/news. We hope they are help...ful for everyone interested in Civic Tech. Thanks to all our speakers for sharing your knowledge #TiagoPeixoto, #RebeccaRumbul, #MattSawkill, #AmeliaLoye, #NigelAbbott and #StephenRutter. To all the civic tech founders for inspiration #JuliaSuh, #VictorLee, #BrentynParkin, #TomDawkins, #LeilaAlem, #MelFlanagan and #DaneMurray. #RossDawson for wonderful facilitation with high-level expertise, energy and enthusiasm. And to all the team that worked hard to make this event possible, particularly #SamanthaHickson who jumped in to help us produce this event after it was postponed by COVID-19 with the support of spacemaker Dane Murray! We hope everyone will take advantage of the networking opportunities and connect, so you can maximise each others impact. #civicinnovation #socialimpact #virtualevent World Bank mySociety Code for Australia Engage2 - Australia Fundsition Paper Plain StartSomeGood.com Communiteer Dane Murray
17.01.2022 Have a purpose-driven business idea? StartSomeGood.com can help you launch it off the ground. They are experts in cause crowdfunding with the highest project success rate. We are proud to have StartSomeGoods co-founder and CEO Tom Dawkins on our board! A globally-recognised expert on social enterprise and innovation is hosting a 2-part webinar to share his formula for launching a Social Enterprise. Join them and get the insights and actionable tips that will help show the way. #socialenterprise #startsomegood #socialimpact #communityengagement #civicinnovation #crowdfunding
16.01.2022 Stephen Rutter has over 20 years in global business environments spanning #logistics, #entertainment and #education management. As one of our board members, he opens doors for a thriving and innovative #localcommunity. Get involved: https://events.humanitix.com/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation
16.01.2022 6 days left to connect with an incredible lineup of speakers and Civic Tech founders. An international panel with Tiago Peixoto from The World Bank and Rebecca Rumbul from mySociety. Australian panel with Amelia Loye from Centre for Civic Innovation, Matt Sawkill from Code for Australia, Nigel Abbott from Fundsition and Stephen Rutter from The Scale Institute.... This great lineup will be facilitated by Ross Dawson! Sydney - Wed, 8 Apr 2020 5:30pm (GMT+11) Perth - Wed, 8 Apr 2020 3:30pm (GMT+8) London - Wed, 8 Apr 2020 8:30am (GMT +0) Join us, register here: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation #socialimpact #communityengagement
16.01.2022 Rebecca Rumbul is head of research at mySociety, a not-for-profit social enterprise based in the UK. With a demonstrated history of working internationally in development, digital and democracy, she will share some important insights regarding #civictech around the world. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civicinnovation
16.01.2022 Great article from Ross Dawson, our board member, on the vital role of #civictechnologies in shaping our future. "CivicTech is absolutely central to the massive opportunity for this pandemic to lead to positive shifts in society." #civictech #communityengagement #civicinnovation
13.01.2022 "Instead of waiting for the government to do something, engaged citizens and socially responsible organisations are doing it for themselves." Organisations like Code for Australia connect civic innovators to governments. What would you like to do for your community? Article for by Amelia Loye #civictech #civicinnovation #engagetech #opengov
12.01.2022 Meet Civic Tech founders that will be joining us on Wednesday next week at "Civic Tech: Tech for Social Impact". Thank you all for making a great #socialimpact in our communities. Paper Plain My Community Directory Communiteer StartSomeGood.com #EnvironmentVote #Coverlens #MelFlanagan #LeilaAlem Get involved: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation
11.01.2022 Save the date! We have teamed up with UTS: University of Technology Sydney to speak about the future of #civictech. Join us to hear from people building, using and investing in civic tech. Find out how you can get involved. #civicinnovation
11.01.2022 Got a Social Enterprise? Bring it! Or make something happen in Parramatta one of Australias fastest growing cities. Parramatta City Council are offering up to $25, 000 to encourage social enterprises and not-for-profits who want to relocate to ParraCity or deliver a project for their community. Contact Lucy at Council to discuss your idea and get your grant application in before 9th December 2019. ... #socialenterprise #civicinnovation #communityengagement #grants #smartcity
11.01.2022 The Civic Tech: Tech for Social Impact event will not be held at UTS tomorrow. We have decided to postpone the event and are re-designing it so that it can be run virtually at a later date. Anyone who has purchased a ticket will be informed of the new event date and ways that they can participate within the next fortnight.... Please stay safe and take care of each other.
09.01.2022 Want to know how was the #CivicTech: Tech for Social Impact like? Take a look at this brief summary with some exciting news at the end! #civicinnovation #socialimpact #centreforcivicinnovation
07.01.2022 We now know we can help people turn their ideas into reality, and this service is valued! In 2019, we opened the doors to our first Centre for Civic Innovation in Liverpool, Sydney, where we helped a range of local people develop their ideas, assess the viability of existing initiatives and amplify the social impact of local business. Read our story: #civicinnovation #socialimpact #communityengagement... https://www.centrecivicinnovation.org//liverpools-pop-up-c
07.01.2022 Only 3 days left to #CivicTech: Tech for Social Impact. Last chance to get your ticket. Sales end tomorrow at 3pm! Learn more about this global social movement and be part of the change: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact We are expecting 40 people at this event so at this stage we are still planning to go ahead following the government advice about Covid-19 and the actions being taken University. We will revisit this decision tomorrow and if the eve...nt must be postponed, tickets will be valid for all subsequent CCI events. #civictech #civicinnovation #socialimpact
07.01.2022 First speaker announcement! Tiago is well known for his experience in the public sector at The World Bank, citizen #engagement and digital government. He will share lessons that he had learned regarding #civictech socioeconomic impact. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civicinnovation
07.01.2022 Victor Lee founded Communiteer to bring change-makers, charities and corporates together to do more social good. By connecting Not-For-Profit organisations with skilled volunteers, they work together to deliver the UNs Sustainable Development Goals. Want to know more? Join us: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact... #civictech #civicinnovation #communityengagement #socialimpact #virtualevent #communiteer https://communiteer.org/
05.01.2022 How #civictechnologies can make it easier for people to find and use services, engage with governments, and self-organise to deliver socioeconomic change in their communities? Read this article wrote by Amelia Loye #civictech #civicinnovation #engagetech... https://www.centrecivicinnovation.org//want-to-know-what-t
05.01.2022 We are facing a range of social, health, and welfare challenges. Brentyn Parkin, Executive Director of My Community Directory, believes that achieving positive Social Change starts with access to quality community information. To learn more about this and other Australian Civic Tech innovations, connect with us on April 8th https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation #communityengagement #socialimpact #virtualevent #mycommunitydir...ectory https://www.mycommunitydirectory.com.au
04.01.2022 Amelia Loye keeps inspiring us and everyone around her with her kindness To cheer up an elderly neighbour, Amelia decided to buy a bunch of flowers at her local store. That day, she made her neighbour smile, rather than worry with the current situation. Every little gesture counts. Do what you can.... #actsofkindness #communitysupport #communityengagement #covid19 7NEWS Sydney
03.01.2022 We proudly announce the facilitator of #CivcTech: Tech for Social Impact, Ross Dawson! He is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. We are lucky to have him on board of The Centre for Civic Innovation! Get involved: https://events.humanitix.com/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation #socialimpact #rossdawson
03.01.2022 Now more than ever, we have to look out for each other. Julia Suh founded Paper Plain to connect neighbours, so together, they can build a strong community. Julia will be joining us on 8 of April for Civic Tech: Tech for Social Impact conference. https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation #communityengagement #socialimpact #virtualevent #paperplain... https://www.paperplain.co/
02.01.2022 At this stage The Civic Tech: Tech for Social Impact is still happening next week, March 18, Wednesday. We are monitoring advice from the health authorities and the safety of our attendees, speakers and staff is our top priority.
01.01.2022 Meet the team behind The Centre for Civic Innovation: Amelia Loye, Stephen Rutter, Tom Dawkins, Kerry Graham and Ross Dawson. The Centre for Civic Innovation is a not-for-profit organisation powering people-led change. We encourage people who want to do something for their community and maximise their social impact. Turning ideas into initiatives, and initiatives into businesses, not-for-profit organisations or social enterprises. Get in touch if there is something you woul...d like to do for your community, or if your organisation would like to support civic innovators in Australia. www.centrecivicinnovation.org (Kerry missed this photo opp, shes up there on our cover) #socialimpact #civicinnovation #socialinnovation #localsocialchange #dogood #socioeconomic #smartcities
01.01.2022 A crowdfunding platform with a difference? StartSomeGood.com has helped over 1000 projects to raise the funds they need to start good. Co-founded by one of CCIs Directors Tom Dawkins, their mission isnt to help as many projects as possible to reach their goal, instead, they support social purpose organisations to craft and promote their campaigns. Get in touch with this innovative platform on 8th of April: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact... #civictech #civicinnovation #communityengagement #socialimpact #virtualevent #startsomegood https://startsomegood.com/
01.01.2022 Esther Semo, Code for Australias Head of Community and Communications, is working towards a government that is built by and made for everyone. She will share her knowledge on our Civic Tech in Australia panel. Get involved and register here: https://events.humanitix.com.au/civic-tech-for-social-impact #civictech #civicinnovation
